Visually, The Suburb Within is a minimalist video work of the sort that Pekka Sassi regularly produces. By adding a highly suggestive audio track, the piece is forged into a hypnotising triptych. An abstract horror film that seriously goes off the road.
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The Insurrectionists Progression
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the Healers
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Untitled, Los Angeles, 2009
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The Financial Crisis (Session I-IV)
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Wolfs Froth / Amongst Other Things
Anti-film by artist Abbott makes us realise how obvious we think it is that images communicate, and how exceptional it is when they don’t.
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
